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aire.

(surface) area

4 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɛʁ/
  1. (surface) area

    feminine
  2. a flat surface

    feminine
  3. direction of the wind

    feminine
  4. threshing floor

    feminine
  5. area, zone, range (a space in which a certain thing occurs)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old French aire, eire, from Latin ārea. Doublet of are and area, which were learned borrowings.

noun/ɛʁ/
  1. eyrie, aerie

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Probably from Latin ager, agrum (and hence a doublet of ager, a later borrowing), or related to the above. Compare Old Occitan agre (“bird's nest”).

verb/ɛʁ/
  1. inflection of airer: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular · subjunctive · third-person
  2. inflection of airer: second-person singular present imperative

    form-of · imperative · present · second-person · singular
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